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Yeah, keep downvoting me and don't even have the curtesy to write a comment as to why!

Udo 16y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not downvoting you but I believe you are being downvoted because people thought the original joke was offtopic and not all that funny. I mean, are you seriously defending the honor of a penis joke here? Don't take it personally. I know it's hard sometimes... (almost no pun intended)
gruseom 16y ago
You're being downvoted because you broke two explicit guidelines (the last two here: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html - you should probably read these as a linked list, not an array) as well as an informal one, that this community frowns on superficial one-liners. It's not that people here hate humour, it's that they're sensitive to how other online communities deteriorated once such comments became the norm. They are like weeds that spread rapidly and choke out the flowers and vegetables. A few weeds are ok, amusing even, but they don't make for a satisfying crop. The weeds are one problem (users here do a pretty good job of rooting them out); a harder one is the crops themselves getting more mediocre.
bugsy 16y ago
I upvoted all your comments because it caused me to learn that the .io tld indicates "British Indian Ocean Territory", apparently meaning the US military base at Diego Garcia. I found this interesting for reasons I can not disclose at this time. I also thought your original post about this was quite harmless and if anyone had an objection to it they should have ignored the post rather than call great attention to it with what appears to be a gigantic downvoting and huffy post circlejerk that serves no beneficial purpose to the world at large. It is they who are the ones making response posts which contribute little helpful or interesting to this thread, while taking up extremely valuable and irreplaceable screen photons. Don't pay them any heed.

Udo 16y ago

Disclaimer: I'm not downvoting you but I believe you are being downvoted because people thought the original joke was offtopic and not all that funny. I mean, are you seriously defending the honor of a penis joke here? Don't take it personally. I know it's hard sometimes... (almost no pun intended)

gruseom 16y ago

You're being downvoted because you broke two explicit guidelines (the last two here: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html - you should probably read these as a linked list, not an array) as well as an informal one, that this community frowns on superficial one-liners. It's not that people here hate humour, it's that they're sensitive to how other online communities deteriorated once such comments became the norm. They are like weeds that spread rapidly and choke out the flowers and vegetables. A few weeds are ok, amusing even, but they don't make for a satisfying crop. The weeds are one problem (users here do a pretty good job of rooting them out); a harder one is the crops themselves getting more mediocre.

bugsy 16y ago

I upvoted all your comments because it caused me to learn that the .io tld indicates "British Indian Ocean Territory", apparently meaning the US military base at Diego Garcia. I found this interesting for reasons I can not disclose at this time. I also thought your original post about this was quite harmless and if anyone had an objection to it they should have ignored the post rather than call great attention to it with what appears to be a gigantic downvoting and huffy post circlejerk that serves no beneficial purpose to the world at large. It is they who are the ones making response posts which contribute little helpful or interesting to this thread, while taking up extremely valuable and irreplaceable screen photons. Don't pay them any heed.